What if we just used our 2 first round draft picks to trade up in the draft? How high of a pick have teams traditionally been able to get with that strategy? Can you trade a #22 and a #26 for a #10?

Say we go for a total rebuild, including a tanked season next year to fully develop all of the youth + our new draft pick.

Or we could just keep both the picks and hope for quality picks like Stuck or Afflalo, except at the 3 and 5 spots.

I guess my fear is that we spring for a guy like Amar'e and it turns out that it isn't quite enough to get us to the promised land. Since every other competitor out there has a top player that they got as a top 10 draft pick, I wonder if we need to go that route too.

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actually if an owner wanted to i guess they could just buy the number 1 draft pick.... i'm sure portland bought 2nd rounders a few years back.

wonder how much you would have to bring to the table though, and can you imagine the backlash from the selling town though....

If the trade goes through...that would rank up there with the Gasol trade...

Mo Williams D west Lebron Amare Big Z

with Wallace, Varejo, etc.. on the bench

Thats crazy...that might be one of the best starting lineups ive ever seen(on paper at least)..

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I wonder if Ben would be part of that. Ben and Wright would get you Amare straight up. He's only got one year left (or is this his last year?). Ben playing behind Shaq would be highly weird. Ben and Shaq playing together... well, I wouldn't go down that lane.

Jon (Saginaw,MI): Hi what percentage do the Pistons have of getting Amare?

John Hollinger: I'm told their interest is lukewarm at best, but they certainly have the assets (Sheed's expiring deal, Amir Johnson, Jason Maxiell) to be in the running if they choose to.

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Steve (Detroit, MI): John, If the Pistons aren't in the running for Amare, do they have any plans for the trade deadline?

John Hollinger: I'm sure they do, but I'm not privy to what they are. They have two big expiring deals with Iverson and Sheed, so I do wonder if Dumars is quietly trolling for a home-run type trade.

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Chris Bosh Toronto: Will i be in detroit by thursday?

John Hollinger: Highly unlikely. I don't think anything will happen with Bosh until summer at the earliest.

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And Chad Ford,

Rob (Detroit): Chad, please tell me Joe Dumars has a plan ready to execute. How do you see him playing his chips as this trade deadline approaches?

SportsNation Chad Ford: I think the plan is more tied to the summer of 2009 and summer of 2010. This summer, especially, the Pistons can be in the drivers seat. They'll have lots of cap room and very little competition on the open market. To do a deal now, the Pistons would have to be persuaded that it's better than something they could do this summer. I'm not sure any deal, Amare included, has persuaded them of that. If Chris Bosh were available, then I think they'd change their tune.

Yet another option for the Suns could be the Detroit Pistons – another Central squad – that have been rumored to have interest in bringing in Stoudemire. The Pistons find themselves in a transitional period, as Rasheed Wallace and Allen Iverson both have huge expiring deals, allowing the team to either trade them or let them walk at the end of the season with nothing to show for either of them.

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Its the latest. By the article cleveland and bulls are the frontrunners. sheed or AI > wally 1st round draft pick for detroit higher then clevelands and hickson is nothing..